ok the maximum memory my computer can hold is 512 now i bought 2 dimms of 256 both of them work i'm sure both of them work when put with a 128mb dim But when i put them both toguether my computer just keeps re-starting and in the bios screen i see that they are both being detected right So anybody has any ideas of what the problem is so i can run windows at 512mb thanks PLEASE WRITE BACK IF MY ADVICE WAS HELPFUL mess with the best, suffer like the rest.

Are the DIMMS from the same manufacture? On older motherboards there was a known issue about conflicting brands of memory sticks. Some brands just would not work paired with other brands...I had a lot of issues with people buying Kingston True value ram and it not working with their motherboards at all or they conflicted with compaq installed ram. Rule of thumb...Always buy the same brand or buy in pairs the memory ram. If that can't be done then spend a bit more and buy the top of the line side as they tend to have less problems than the economy brands. IN THE MATTERS OF STYLE, swim with the current; in matters of principle, STAND LIKE A ROCK

yes they both are the same brand PLEASE WRITE BACK IF MY ADVICE WAS HELPFUL mess with the best, suffer like the rest.

Older hp models required hp memory. Did you go online to Crucial and do the online scan? Give a person a fish, they eat for a day. Suggest they internet search and they learn a skill for a lifetime.

in fact i did in like 3 different websites including that one PLEASE WRITE BACK IF MY ADVICE WAS HELPFUL mess with the best, suffer like the rest.